LESSON SIXTEEN

THE HOLY WORD FOR MORNING REVIVAL

Eph. 6:17 And receive the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the word of God, by means of all prayer and petition.

18 By means of all prayer and petition, praying at every time in spirit and watching unto this in all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints.

MAKING A GOOD USE OF THE MORNING REVIVAL MATERIALS

When we enjoy the Lord with the morning revival materials in the morning, we have to exercise not to rely too much on our mind but on the spirit. Read sentence by sentence. Not only should we read, but we should also turn the Word into prayer. We have to exercise our spirit to push out the Word and the spirit with Christ. Spirit touches spirit. When we read the Scriptures with the exercise of the spirit, this will touch others’ spirit. This will have the impact. We all have to learn to pray in spirit and read the Bible in spirit to push the Word out. When the Word enters into us, it will become the Spirit which touches our spirit, then we will receive the Christ who is in spirit as the life supply. This is very important.

Reading Repeatedly, Stressfully, Livingly, and Prayerfully

Concerning the Bible verses of each day in the Holy Word for Morning Revival, it is best to read repeatedly, stressfully, livingly, and prayerfully. To read repeatedly is to read again, and to read stressfully is to read with emphasis. Besides reading repeatedly and stressfully, we also have to read livingly. Concerning this, we will use the previous example of Genesis 1:1, which says, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” As we read this verse again and again, we will start to thank God, thanking Him for creating the heavens and the earth, and thanking Him for creating you and me. This kind of reading is living and lively without departing from the subject or the main point. Lastly, we also have to pray-read. For us to read the Bible livingly and lively, we cannot lack one of these four things: reading repeatedly, reading stressfully, reading livingly, and reading prayerfully.

For example, when we enjoy a certain verse, we may first read it repeatedly, then read it stressfully, livingly, and at the end, read it prayerfully. These four “readings” added together is a kind of reading method. In our pray-reading, we read repeatedly, stressfully, and livingly. These four readings combined together is the best reading method.

Relying Much on Our Spirit

Knowledge is empty, and the letter kills; only Christ is the reality, and only the Spirit can give life. Before we read, we must pray, confess, and allow the Spirit of Christ to fill and saturate us richly. In our reading, we need to exercise not to rely too much on our mind but on our spirit, reject the old way of knowledge and focus on the new way of life, and push out what we read with life by the exercise of our spirit sentence by sentence to touch others’ spirit so that they may receive the pneumatic Christ as their life supply. This can be considered as the most crucial.

USING THE HYMNS IN A LIVING WAY

There is a hymn at the end of the portion of each week in the Holy Word for Morning Revival. We also have to learn how to use hymns in a living way, not in a set way. For example, there are six stanzas in a hymn. We may not need to sing all the six stanzas, but we may sing only one stanza which is fitting. If only the chorus is fitting, we will sing the chorus. (Bearing Remaining Fruit, Vol. 1, p. 180, pp. 186-187 in Chinese)

References: Bearing Remaining Fruit, Vol. 1, ch. 13; The Organic Practice of the New Way, ch. 4.